(12-06-2018 05:04 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(12-06-2018 04:56 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(12-06-2018 07:23 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  I guess one good thing about Trump is that he’s helped get the nutters to identify themselves...

Quote:A Texas Republican responsible for helping craft the party's state platform recently declared himself a white nationalist.

In a Facebook post originally discovered by the Texas Observer, Texas GOP Platform Committee Member Ray Myers wrote, "I'm a WHITE NATIONALIST and very Proud of it."

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas...445168.php

What would the reaction among Democrats be if a somewhat prominent Democrat declared himself or herself to be a nationalist of a particular demonym? What SHOULD the reaction be?

My recollection is spotty, but I seem to recall that one Democrat who proclaimed special praise for and identification with a particular ethnicity was elevated to the Supreme Court; and that another Democrat who was prominent in the 1990s was commonly referred to as our "first [demonymic] President."

Well, do any of those denominations contain significant historical context to racism/terrorism/support of ethno-states?

Not like this guy said he was an Irish Nationalist. White nationalism has a very distinct historical context. You do know about the KKK, nazi’s, skinheads, etc, right?

I guess you didnt bother to read this part of his quote:

Quote:It doesn’t have anything to do with race or anything else.

But please, even with that context, keep playing the 'gotcha' game there.

By the way Lad, I don't have a Facebook account. Facebook also makes it rather difficult to 'look' at others' accounts without one being logged in there (at least for me). So I am still unable to view the cited picture.

But, considering your willingness to conflate the express quote of "It doesn’t have anything to do with race or anything else” (not even to mention the rest of the complete set of quotes) with KKK, skinheads, and Nazis.... well..... you have every right to spout that off.

Sorry, looking at the dude's comments, he seems pretty clueless. I think there is a distinct difference between a 'white nationalist' and a nationalist who happens to be white (also, a 'white nationalist'.) Given the quotes cited at the Observer, it really seems clear to me the guy is the latter, and somewhat clueless as to what you allege or imply. But feel free to to keep the allegations flowing.